Meet Dr. AJ Acierno

AJ Acierno, DDS, is a practicing dentist and President, Clinical Operations of Smile Brands, a group with more than 650 dental practices. Dr. Acierno leads the Field Operations and Clinical Operations teams responsible for all operational and clinical standards, clinical education, and new clinical initiatives. He is also the co-founder and CEO of DecisionOne Dental, a group with 40 practices.

Meet Eric Giesecke

Eric Giesecke is the CEO of Planet DDS. In his role Eric is responsible for operations, technology, finance, customer success and strategy at Planet DDS. Prior to joining the company, he co-founded District Line Partners, a private investment fund created to acquire and operate a single attractive business in a growing industry. He also ran One Source Water, a bottleless water cooler firm, where he nearly doubled the size of the company in less than three years. Eric has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Meet Matt Zelen

Matt Zelen is the COO of Planet DDS. He is a SaaS leader who has led global customer success initiatives at major technology companies, including UserTesting, Salesforce and Oracle. He’s participated in multiple capital market transactions, and mergers and acquisitions